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Q Is there any good way to get a deal from an outstate airport to MSP? I'd like to travel to Phoenix alone with my 2-year-old and making the three-hour drive to MSP and then a 3 1/2-hour flight sounds miserable with a toddler.

For many Minnesotans there is nothing like walking on a frozen lake, carving a hole and pulling up an elusive fish from the depths below.

A winter storm warning will be in effect through Monday along the northern parts of the state.

According to our partners at the Grand Rapids Herald Review, the mayor of Effie started serving a 30-day jail sentence on Friday.
 
 Matthew Adam David, 32, of Effie was sentenced Wednesday morning by Itasca County District Court Judge Lois Lang to 30 days in the Itasca County Jail, with work release privileges, on two gross misdemeanor ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is talking trash about anglers who leave the ice littered.

I got a reader tip that there were big changes afoot at the best restaurant in North Minneapolis, Victory 44 .

This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Managing editor A Minneapolis-based company whose goal is to let men be men will have its first Coon Rapids event tomorrow .

Submitted by Journal Staff on January 22, 2010 - 1:02pm. State News State Rep. Loren Solberg and Sen.

The Minnesota River contains less phosphorus, a whole lot more fish, less sediment and is seeing a rebound in the otter population.

In the coming weeks, several Northland school districts will return to the bargaining table with teachers in hopes of coming to contract agreement.

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David Carlson prayed regularly for help as he and other family members worked to trace their family tree.

The federal government is investigating the killing of sixteen wolves in three states, including Minnesota. The killings took place in November and December. Two wolves were killed in Minnesota. Eight were killed in Wisconsin and six in Michigan. The investigation is being overseen by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The federal agency says an increase in illegal killings in the fall in not unusual. One dead wolvf in Minnesota were found near Ball Club, outside of Grand Rapids, and the other was found northwest of Two Harbors. Some of the wolves killed in Wisconsin were in Douglas, Bayfield, Burnett and Ashland counties.

The Michigan wolves were found in the U.P. and all were wearing tracking collars. The wolf found near Two Harbors also had a tracking collar. In Wisconsin, eight wolves were killed in late fall in Burnett, Douglas, Bayfield, and Ashland counties. Wolves in Wisconsin and Michigan are considered endangered. In Minnesota they are considered threatened.

The federal government has been moving toward easing protection of the wolf population, saying the animal levels are healthy. There has been court action to block the government's efforts.

The leadership of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) turned its back on members of ELCA churches and threatens the very existence of the church by allowing non-celibate pastors in homosexual relationships to be ordained into the ELCA. The ELCA has acted contrary to “the inspired Word of God – the authoritative source and norm of---- proclamation, faith and life.”(ELCA Constitution Section 2.03)

Most members were caught offguard when just a few hundred people at the ELCA Churchwide Assembly in Minneapolis made this decision last August.

In a court appearance Thursday afternoon before Koochiching County District Judge Charles LeDuc at the Itasca County Courthouse, former Itasca County Sheriff’s Department Investigator Gregory Alan Snyder, 44, of Bovey pleaded guilty to six charges of criminal sexual conduct involving a minor. After the hearing, Snyder, who had been on house arrest, was taken into custody by Cass County and was later turned over to Crow Wing County, where he will be held pending his sentencing in March. He faces a minimum of 12 years in prison.

Prior to the hearing, a representative from Advocates for Family Peace, acting as spokesperson for the victim’s family said the family did not wish to make a statement nor did they wish to be contacted.

The snowmobile season is barely underway and Itasca County has already seen a death. Anthony Nicholas Standt, 36, of rural Marcell was killed Monday night when the sled he was driving on the Marcell Trail left the trail and hit a tree.

According to Itasca County Sheriff Pat Medure, alcohol was a contributing factor in the crash.

Herald-Review staff report Gregory Alan Snyder, 44, the former Itasca County Sheriff’s Department investigator facing 33 counts of criminal sexual conduct pleaded guilty to six of the charges in front of Koochiching County District judge Charles LeDuc in Itasca County Court today.

Published Wed, Jan 6 2010 10:42 am Many times in recent legislative sessions, we've seen committee hearings on bills delayed and other measures set aside because they didn't yet have the accompanying fiscal notes, the assessments by state departments and agencies that try to determine the impact a bill will have on the state budget.

The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development said Wednesday it has awarded more than $1.6 million to investigate or clean up 14 contaminated sites in the state.